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*[https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/all/files/sc/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/chap3.htm British Voices from South Asia, LSU - Chapter 3], [https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/all/files/sc/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/intvw3.htm LSU Interviews, Chapter 3]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913012017/http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/workfolio/glover.pdf "“A Feeling of Absence from Old England:” the Colonial Bungalow"] by William J Glover ''Home Cultures'' Volume 1 Issue 1 pages 61-82 2004 tcaup.umich.edu, now archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126064213/http://people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/59/landourcookbooks.html "The Landour Community Centre Cookbooks: From the 1920s to the 1960s and the present"] by Katharine (Kittu) Parker Riddle. An article dated 1 July 2003, now archived.
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/02/family-budgets-in-1920s-india.html Family budgets in 1920s India] by John O’Brien 27 February 2012 British Library Blog: Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the past
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210202101327/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/onmyplate/little-luxuries-splendour-in-the-grass/ "Little Luxuries: Splendour in the grass"] by Vikram Doctor May 24, 2013 ''The Times of India: The Economic Times'', archived. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150301022453/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETM%2F2013%2F05%2F24&PageLabel=28&EntityId=Ar02801&ViewMode=HTML Alternative version with a photograph] (now archived) "...a system of cooling that used the roots of a type of jungle grass called khus-khus that ... was "collected on account of their aromatic smell, to form thatch tatties, or screens for the doors and windows.""
*[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080817/spectrum/main1.htm "Beating the heat: Cooling tales from the Raj"] by Pran Nevile August 17, 2008 ''Spectrum: The Tribune''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160611183423/http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/09/10/finding-a-punkah-wallah-and-other-essential-raj-tips/ "Finding a punkah-wallah, and other essential Raj tips"] Flora Steel and Grace Gardiner wrote a book in the 1880s “The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook” 10 September 2014 ''The Budapest Times'', now an archived webpage. The book is available online, refer below.
*[http://rupkatha.com/memsahib-performing/ "The “Politically Correct Memsahib”: Performing Englishness in Select Anglo-Indian Advice Manuals"] by S Vimala, M G R College, Hosur. ''The Rupkatha Journal'' Volume 5, No. 2, 2013.
*[https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0088139 ''Travelling Home and Empire: British Women in India, 1857-1939''] by Alison Mary Blunt. PhD Thesis University of British Columbia 1997. "This study focuses on the British wives of civil servants and army officers who lived in India from 1857 to 1939".
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200929141637/https://www.livehistoryindia.com/snapshort-histories/2018/12/12/dak-banglas-their-dark-tales "Dak Banglas & Their Dark Tales"] by Aditi Shah December 12th 2018. ''Live History India.'' , archived. "The word ‘dak’ is Urdu for 'post' and dak banglas were initially built by the British Indian Public World Department to help postal officers relay the mail in stages."
*[https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/heritage/back-then-at-the-burra-bungalows-of-tea-estates/cid/1680275 "Back then, at the burra bungalows of tea estates"] by Moumita Chaudhuri 30 Dec. 2018 ''The Telegraph'' India.
